Publication
Title
The greening of ports : a comparison of port management tools used by leading ports in Asia and Europe
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Abstract
From the policy and management perspective, this study aims to investigate the port management tools that port/public authorities have at their disposal and then to analyse to what extent the tools are used to enforce or encourage green port development at functional activities of port operations and development. We conduct an exploratory and comparative review based on two axes: on the one hand, the range of tools available to port authorities (pricing, monitoring and measuring, market access control and environmental standard regulation) and on the other hand, the functional activities in ports (shipping traffic, cargo handling and storage operations, intermodal connection, industrial activities, and port expansion). The situations in the leading ports in Asia and Europe, namely Singapore, Shanghai, Antwerp and Rotterdam are studied and compared, whereby the policies effectiveness is discussed accordingly. Findings show that the ports are particularly mature in exercising environmental standard regulations which reveals that the enforcement approach is more prevalent. The most focused functional activity is shipping traffic which reflects that the ports are driven by the International Maritime Organisation. The respective port authorities in Antwerp and Rotterdam have a higher level of influence on devising green port policy in comparison to the two Asian ports.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Transport reviews. - London, 1981, currens
Publication
London : 2014
ISSN
0144-1647 [print]
1464-5327 [online]
DOI
10.1080/01441647.2014.891162
Volume/pages
34 :2 (2014) , p. 169-189
ISI
000333886800004
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
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Creation 14.03.2014
Last edited 09.10.2023
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